Harry Olúdáre Garuba (6 April 1958 – 28 February 2020) was a Nigerian-born writer of poetry and a professor of African Studies and English at the University of Cape Town.
After getting his degree, he taught at Ibadan for fifteen years before finally emigrating to South Africa to teach at the University of Zululand's English department.
While at the University of Cape Town, Garuba published heavily in the fields of Africa and post colonial literature.
Garuba was a professor at the University of Cape Town, with a joint appointment in the English Department and the Centre for African Studies.
[1] This collection was divided up in three parts, and included personal reflections, historical paradoxes and dialogues.